一部曾經被禁的電影，卻又拿下柏林電影節的銀熊奬，引起了我極大的好奇，今天終放看了。看了，心情也變得很沉重。雖說不上一部很好的電影，國語我又不完全聽得懂，有一些情節更是大惑不解﹝文藝片大概都是這樣吧﹞；但是兩個主角的演出和卻很實實在在。我很喜歡那種草根又殘酷的現實的感覺。而最吸引我的，要說是片中前段的一段背景音樂 ﹝我想，應是笛子的聲音﹞，感覺很空虛無奈，强化了電影的主題。故事中的自行車一方面雖是主角很辛苦賺取的，但一方面我又在想，也不要為了它連性命差點陪上吧！到最後他揹著破爛的自行車一幕卻又令我很佩服他一直的堅持，又彷彿在暗示：這輛自行車最終會修好，叫人到絕境也不要放棄。
說到底，《十七歲的單車》還是值得一看的。
DY introduced me to an online poker website where I can play with “fake money”. After several rounds of losing 1000 dollars worth of “fake” chips, I made a comeback, standing with over $10000, only to lose all of it three rounds later.
Yo! That’s was um… unbelievable. Since DY and I were both at LY’s place, we played on the same (virtual) poker table and pass “secret messaging” that were hidden from other players. Together we did earn enough to play some tournament rounds, but were rejected to joining the same tournament, simply because we were using the same IP to access the internet. So, I decided, no more poker for me for the day.
Yet, it was great fun to spend such an afternoon.
I have spent another $10 watching a movie that I never intended to watch on the big screen.
War of the Worlds is a movie adapted from the book written by H.G. Wells. As much as I like science fictions and the fact that H.G. Wells is one of the few authors by which I have read books, I never have the desire to watch the movie. Why not? Don’t ask, I don’t have an answer.
Today I was eating dinner at Peel Pub with Michael, Kelvin, Ivan, Maggie, Sara and Basemah. To comment, I can only say that it was a combination of the worst food (french fries deep-fried in grease that had been used for the past ten years), big portion, good service, and a reasonable price. After the dinner, we had nothing to do, as usual. And someone suggested “movie”. And so we went.
Watched the 10:20pm show. As for this movie, I will rate it 6 out of 10, given a generic storyline, a quite unexpected ending, plus the fact it was directed by Steven Spielberg, which automatically raise the score by 1. However, I still won’t recommend watching this movie in the theatre, as it is not worth the money. Wait for DVD rental.
After the movie, I walked home. Got home just now, or 1:00 am. My computer still have not finished transcoding the DVD videos that started 9 hrs ago. That’s uncool….
